anoxic bodies (2021)
anoxic bodies is a collection of meditations, poems and short essays:
on Airborne; On Symbiosis, Zoonosis; On the Machinic and Biological ~ Carrying, Exchanging and Transmissions; On Cleaning & Cleansing; On Anoxic Bodies. it accompanies a series of works, of the same name, made using: soap, water, germ and virucidal solution, hand-sanitiser, hermetically- sealed plastic substrates, osha root, astragalus, eucalyptus, and saliva. These function as material compositions to call on, as to signify, cellular envelopes and structures. In part a response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, this publication pulls from, and unpacks, discourses surrounding: human and non-human bodily relationality; socio-economics; telecommunication technologies; carrying and exchange; social bubbles, cleaning and cleansing; medicinal plants and the airborne. This work follows the rubric of mail art and New Materialism. ANOXIC BODIES was shown in 2021 as part of the GLOAM group show 'fallow' AT GENERAL PRACTICE, LINCOLN & at the group exhibition 'ALL THE SMALL THINGS' AT ARTCORE GALLERY, DERBY, UK. paper publication: 78 pages // 14.8 x 21.0 cm // £15 (inc.post + packaging ) // email me for further information. |